/**
 * Copyright 2012-2019 The Feign Authors
 * <p>
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
 * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
 * <p>
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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 */
package istio.fake.base;

import java.util.Map;

import istio.fake.base.querymap.FieldQueryMapEncoder;

/**
 * A QueryMapEncoder encodes Objects into maps of query parameter names to values.
 *
 * @see FieldQueryMapEncoder
 * @see BeanQueryMapEncoder
 *
 */
public interface QueryMapEncoder {

    /**
     * Encodes the given object into a query map.
     *
     * @param object the object to encode
     * @return the map represented by the object
     */
    Map<String, Object> encode(Object object);

    /**
     * @deprecated use {@link BeanQueryMapEncoder} instead. default encoder uses reflection to inspect
     *             provided objects Fields to expand the objects values into a query string. If you
     *             prefer that the query string be built using getter and setter methods, as defined
     *             in the Java Beans API, please use the {@link BeanQueryMapEncoder}
     */
    class Default extends FieldQueryMapEncoder {
    }
}
